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10/21/07

SARVAJAN HITAYA SARVAJAN SUKHAYA-FOR THE GAIN OF THE MANY AND FOR THE WELFARE OF THE MANY-C.M. greets people on the occasion of Dussehara -Steering Committee headed by Chief Secretary constituted for construction of both Institutes -BSP to contest all 68 seats in Himachal-

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SARVAJAN HITAYA SARVAJAN SUKHAYA-FOR THE GAIN OF THE MANY AND FOR THE WELFARE OF THE MANY

C.M. greets people on the occasion of Dussehara

ucknow: October 20, 2007 The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Km. Mayawati has greeted the people of the state on the occasion of Dussehara. In a message, Km. Mayawati said that religious festivals had an important place in the Indian culture. The festival of Dussehara, which is a symbol of truth’s victory over evil, strengthens the cultural unity of the country. This festival is also a symbol of dedication and worship. She said that both Navaratri and Dussehara reminded us of our social duties on one hand, while on the other these festivals inspire us to draw inspiration from the moral values established in social life. The C.M. has appealed the people to celebrate Vijyadashmi with peace, harmony and gaiety. ******

Steering Committee headed by Chief Secretary constituted for construction of both Institutes

Lucknow: October 20, 2007 With a view to making the memory of Manyawar Kanshiram’s struggle for Original Inhabitants of Jambudvipa That is The Great Prabuddha Bharath and weaker sections permanent, the Uttar Pradesh Government has started the proceedings for setting up of ‘Manyawar Sri Kanshiram Uttar Pradesh Institute of Technology’ on the pattern of the IIT, besides another institute of IISC on pattern of Banglore in a speedy manner. IIT would be set up at Lucknow, while the IISC would be set up as green field project in Greater Noida. Responsibilities in this connection have been assigned to different departments, besides constituting an eleven member committee under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary for setting up of both Institutes and policy decision regarding its construction. In a recently held meeting presided over by Principal Secretary to CM Mr. Shailesh Krishana, different aspects were discussed in detail for setting up of both these Institutes. It was decided that the proposed Institutes would be developed as centres of excellence. It was also decided that these Institutes would be created as autonomous institutions under the act of Legislature on the pattern of IIT/IISC and IIMS, so that these institutes could function as independent units and fulfil the aspirations of people on the policies of State Government. Besides the Chief Secretary, the steering committee would comprise UP Technical University Vice Chancellor as executive Chairman, IDC or his representative, Principal Secretary Finance, Planning, Public Works, Housing and Principal Secretary to CM, Director IIT Kanpur and Chairman Project Execution Committee as members. The principal Secretary Technical Education would be Member Secretary. A Project Execution Unit would also be created for the help of steering committee for the construction of both Institutes. For ‘Manyawar Sri Kanshiram Uttar Pradesh Institute of Technology’, Lucknow Development Authority would provide 150 acre land in Lucknow, besides the 50 acre land green belt. Likewise, Greater Noida Authority would make available 200 acre land for the Institutes to be set up at Greater Noida on the pattern of IISC Banglore. Both these Institutes would be constructed by Rajkiya Nirman Nigam. The meeting also decided that a list would be prepared from the retired Directors of renowned institutes like IITs and IISCs for appointing full time chairman for setting up of these Institutes. The Vice Chancellor of Technical University Lucknow Mr. Premvrat, Principal Secretary Technical Education Mr. Shankar Agarwal, LDA VC Mr. Harbhajan Singh, Special Secretary Finance Mr. Arvind Narayan Mishra, Special Secretary Technical Education Mr. R.N.Singh, MD Rajkiya Nirman Nigam Mr. C.P.Singh, Secretary LDA Mr. Bhupendra Singh and Joint Director Planning Mr. B.P.Agarwal participated in the meeting. **************

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BSP to contest all 68 seats in Himachal

Major Mankotia to be star campaigner along with Ms. Mayawati.

Bahujan Samaj Party will contest all the sixty-eight Vidhan sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh and will not have any electoral understanding with any party. The party has the capacity to contest and win the elections on its own, according to Dhani Ram Shukla, the General Secretary (Organization) of the state unit of party.

Talking to this correspondent after returning from Lucknow where he had gone along with other leaders of the party to take part in a function, Shukla said that Ms. Mayawati, the party Supremo and Satish Chander Mishra, the number two in the organization would campaign in the state. From state side, Major Vijay Singh Mankotia would be the star campaigner. The party has already announced the candidature of Major Mankotia as the next chief minister of state in event of the coming to power.

Shukla expressed optimism that the party would have its say in the formation of the government in the state as it would win sizable number of seats in the election with blessings of the people of state.

The BSP leader said that people from upper castes were highly upset with the Congress and BJP both and were joining the BSP at all places of the state.

Replying to a question, he said that the names of the party candidates would be finalized within next fifteen days. The candidates for the three snow bound constituencies of Bharmaur, Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur would be finalized much earlier so that they were able to start their campaign in time.

He said that the state unit of party would send panel of candidates to the party high command and the final decision regarding the candidates would be of the party Supremo. She would personally interview all the aspirants and then decide the names, Shukla added.

Shukla said that besides local issues, other state level and national level issues would also be taken up in the election.

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THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE - THE TATHAGATA-Heedfulness

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THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE - THE TATHAGATA

physical and mental pain

The Arrow

“True Followers of The Path Shown by The Blessed, Noble, Awakened One - The Tathagata, an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person feels feelings of pleasure, feelings of pain, feelings of neither-pleasure-nor-pain. A well-instructed disciple of the noble ones also feels feelings of pleasure, feelings of pain, feelings of neither-pleasure-nor-pain. So what difference, what distinction, what distinguishing factor is there between the well-instructed disciple of the noble ones and the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person?”

“For us, lord, the teachings have the Blessed One as their root, their guide, & their arbitrator. It would be good if the Blessed One himself would explicate the meaning of this statement. Having heard it from the Blessed One, the monks will remember it.”

“In that case, True Followers of The Path Shown by The Blessed, Noble, Awakened One - The Tathagata, listen & pay close attention. I will speak.”

“As you say, lord,” the True Followers of The Path Shown by The Blessed, Noble, Awakened One - The Tathagata responded.

The Blessed One said, “When touched with a feeling of pain, the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person sorrows, grieves, & laments, beats his breast, becomes distraught. So he feels two pains, physical & mental. Just as if they were to shoot a man with an arrow and, right afterward, were to shoot him with another one, so that he would feel the pains of two arrows; in the same way, when touched with a feeling of pain, the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person sorrows, grieves, & laments, beats his breast, becomes distraught. So he feels two pains, physical & mental.

“As he is touched by that painful feeling, he is resistant. Any resistance-obsession with regard to that painful feeling obsesses him. Touched by that painful feeling, he delights in sensual pleasure. Why is that? Because the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person does not discern any escape from painful feeling aside from sensual pleasure. As he is delighting in sensual pleasure, any passion-obsession with regard to that feeling of pleasure obsesses him. He does not discern, as it actually is present, the origination, passing away, allure, drawback, or escape from that feeling. As he does not discern the origination, passing away, allure, drawback, or escape from that feeling, then any ignorance-obsession with regard to that feeling of neither-pleasure-nor-pain obsesses him.

“Sensing a feeling of pleasure, he senses it as though joined with it. Sensing a feeling of pain, he senses it as though joined with it. Sensing a feeling of neither-pleasure-nor-pain, he senses it as though joined with it. This is called an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person joined with birth, aging, & death; with sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs. He is joined, I tell you, with suffering & stress.

“Now, the well-instructed disciple of the noble ones, when touched with a feeling of pain, does not sorrow, grieve, or lament, does not beat his breast or become distraught. So he feels one pain: physical, but not mental. Just as if they were to shoot a man with an arrow and, right afterward, did not shoot him with another one, so that he would feel the pain of only one arrow. In the same way, when touched with a feeling of pain, the well-instructed disciple of the noble ones does not sorrow, grieve, or lament, does not beat his breast or become distraught. He feels one pain: physical, but not mental.

“As he is touched by that painful feeling, he is not resistant. No resistance-obsession with regard to that painful feeling obsesses him. Touched by that painful feeling, he does not delight in sensual pleasure. Why is that? Because the well-instructed disciple of the noble ones discerns an escape from painful feeling aside from sensual pleasure. As he is not delighting in sensual pleasure, no passion-obsession with regard to that feeling of pleasure obsesses him. He discerns, as it actually is present, the origination, passing away, allure, drawback, and escape from that feeling. As he discerns the origination, passing away, allure, drawback, and escape from that feeling, no ignorance-obsession with regard to that feeling of neither-pleasure-nor-pain obsesses him.

“Sensing a feeling of pleasure, he senses it disjoined from it. Sensing a feeling of pain, he senses it disjoined from it. Sensing a feeling of neither-pleasure-nor-pain, he senses it disjoined from it. This is called a well-instructed disciple of the noble ones disjoined from birth, aging, & death; from sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs. He is disjoined, I tell you, from suffering & stress.

“This is the difference, this the distinction, this the distinguishing factor between the well-instructed disciple of the noble ones and the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person.”

The discerning person, learned,
doesn’t sense a (mental) feeling of pleasure or pain:
This is the difference in skillfulness
between the sage & the person run-of-the-mill.
	
For a learned person
who has fathomed the Doctrine-Practice of The Path Shown by The Blessed,Noble,Awakened One,
clearly seeing this world & the next,
	desirable things don’t charm the mind,
	undesirable ones bring no resistance.
	
His acceptance
& rejection are scattered,
gone to their end,
do not exist.
	
Knowing the dustless, sorrowless state,
he discerns rightly,
has gone, beyond becoming,
to the Further Shore.

Heedfulness

At Savatthi. As he was sitting to one side, King Pasenadi Kosala said to the Blessed One: “Is there, lord, any one quality that keeps both kinds of benefit secure — benefits in this life & benefits in lives to come?”

“There is one quality, great king, that keeps both kinds of benefit secure — benefits in this life & benefits in lives to come.”

“But what, lord, is that one quality…?”

“Heedfulness, great king. Just as the footprints of all living beings with legs can be encompassed by the footprint of the elephant, and the elephant’s footprint is declared to be supreme among them in terms of its great size; in the same way, heedfulness is the one quality that keeps both kinds of benefit secure — benefits in this life & benefits in lives to come.”

That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Practioner, said further:

For one who desires
long life, health,
beauty, heaven, & noble birth,
	— lavish delights, one after another —
the wise praise heedfulness
in performing deeds of merit.
	
When heedful, wise,
you achieve both kinds of benefit:
benefits in this life,
& benefits in lives to come.
	
By breaking through to your benefit,
you’re called awakened,
wise.

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DOCTRINE-TRUE PRACTICE OF THE PATH SHOWN BY THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE - THE TATHAGATA-The Trap of the Senses

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DOCTRINE-TRUE PRACTICE OF THE PATH SHOWN BY THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE - THE TATHAGATA

The Trap of the Senses

The THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE - THE TATHAGATA talked about desire and the six things by which desire is gratified: sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touch and mind-objects. Desire and lust for happiness, for suffering, for good, for evil and so on, pervade everything!

Sights… there isn’t any sight that’s quite the same as that of a woman. Isn’t that so? Doesn’t a really attractive woman make you want to look? One with a really attractive figure comes walking along, “sak, sek, sak, sek, sak, sek,” — you can’t help but stare! How about sounds? There’s no sound that grips you more than that of a woman. It pierces your mind! Smell is the same; a woman’s fragrance is the most alluring of all. There’s no other smell that’s quite the same. Taste — even the taste of the most delicious food cannot compare with that of a woman. Touch is similar; when you caress a woman you are stunned, intoxicated and sent spinning all around.

There was once a famous master of magical spells from Taxila in ancient Jambudvipa That is The Great Prabuddha Bharath. He taught his disciple all his knowledge of charms and incantations. When the disciple was well-versed and ready to fare on his own, he left with this final instruction from his teacher, “I have taught you all that I know of spells, incantations and protective verses. Creatures with sharp teeth, antlers or horns, and even big tusks, you have no need to fear. You will be guarded from all of these, I can guarantee that. However, there is only one thing that I cannot ensure protection against, and that is the charms of a woman. I can not help you here. There’s no spell for protection against this one, you’ll have to look after yourself.”

Mental objects arise in the mind. They are born out of desire: desire for valuable possessions, desire to be rich, and just restless seeking after things in general. This type of greed isn’t all that deep or strong, it isn’t enough to make you faint or lose control. However, when sexual desire arises, you’re thrown off balance and lose your control. You would even forget those raised and brought you up — your own parents!

The THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE - THE TATHAGATA taught that the objects of our senses are a trap — a trap of Mara’s. Mara should be understood as something which harms us. The trap is something which binds us, the same as a snare. It’s a trap of Mara’s, a hunter’s snare, and the hunter is Mara.

If animals are caught in the hunter’s trap, it’s a sorrowful predicament. They are caught fast and held waiting for the owner of the trap. Have you ever snared birds? The snare springs and “boop” — caught by the neck! A good strong string now holds it fast. Wherever the bird flies, it cannot escape. It flies here and flies there, but it’s held tight waiting for the owner of the snare. When the hunter comes along, that’s it — the bird is struck with fear, there’s no escape!

The trap of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touch and mind-objects is the same. They catch us and bind us fast. If you attach to the senses, you’re the same as a fish caught on a hook. When the fisherman comes, struggle all you want, but you can’t get loose. Actually, you’re not caught like a fish, it’s more like a frog — a frog gulps down the whole hook right to its guts, a fish just gets caught in its mouth.

Anyone attached to the senses is the same. Like a drunk whose liver is not yet destroyed — he doesn’t know when he has had enough. He continues to indulge and drink carelessly. He’s caught and later suffers illness and pain.

A man comes walking along a road. He is very thirsty from his journey and is craving for a drink of water. The owner of the water says, “you can drink this water if you like; the color is good, the smell is good, the taste is good, but if you drink it you will become ill. I must tell you this beforehand, it’ll make you sick enough to die or nearly die.” The thirsty man does not listen. He’s as thirsty as a person after an operation who has been denied water for seven days — he’s crying for water!

It’s the same with a person thirsting after the senses. The THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE - THE TATHAGATA taught that they are poisonous — sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touch and mind-objects are poison; they are a dangerous trap. But this man is thirsty and doesn’t listen; because of his thirst he is in tears, crying, “Give me water, no matter how painful the consequences, let me drink!” So he dips out a bit and swallows it down finding it very tasty. He drinks his fill and gets so sick that he almost dies. He didn’t listen because of his overpowering desire.

This is how it is for a person caught in the pleasures of the senses. He drinks in sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touch and mind-objects — they are all very delicious! So he drinks without stopping and there he remains, stuck fast until the day he dies.

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SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY OF THE TRUE FOLLOWERS OF THE PATH SHOWN BY THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE-2. Benefits pertaining to future lives. Thus abstaining from the taking of life leads to longevity, abstaining from stealing to prosperity, abstaining from sexual misconduct to popularity, abstaining from false speech to a good reputation, and abstaining from intoxicants to mindfulness and wisdom.

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SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY OF THE TRUE FOLLOWERS OF THE PATH SHOWN BY THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE -TATHAGATA

2. Benefits pertaining to future lives.

Thus abstaining from the taking of life leads to longevity, abstaining from stealing to prosperity, abstaining from sexual misconduct to popularity, abstaining from false speech to a good reputation, and abstaining from intoxicants to mindfulness and wisdom.

According to THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE -TATHAGATA’S teaching the mode of rebirth we take in our next existence is determined by our kamma, the willed actions we have performed in this present existence. The general principle governing the working of the rebirth process is that unwholesome kamma leads to an unfavorable rebirth, wholesome kamma to a favorable rebirth. More specifically, if the kamma built up by breaking the five precepts becomes the determining cause of the mode of rebirth it will conduce to rebirth in one of the four planes of misery — the hells, the realm of tormented spirits, the animal world, or the world of the asuras. If, as a result of some wholesome kamma, a person who regularly breaks the five precepts should take rebirth as a human being, then when his unwholesome kamma matures it will produce pain and suffering in his human state. The forms this suffering takes correspond to the transgressions. Killing leads to a premature death, stealing to loss of wealth, sexual misconduct to enmity, false speech to being deceived and slandered by others, and the use of intoxicants to loss of intelligence.

The observance of the five precepts, on the other hand, brings about the accumulation of wholesome kamma tending to rebirth in the planes of happiness, i.e., in the human or heavenly worlds. This kamma again, coming to maturity in the course of the life, produces favorable results consonant in nature with the precepts. Thus abstaining from the taking of life leads to longevity, abstaining from stealing to prosperity, abstaining from sexual misconduct to popularity, abstaining from false speech to a good reputation, and abstaining from intoxicants to mindfulness and wisdom.

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